Freshly Made Sketches #550

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There’s a new and fab sketch to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. Our sketch designer is Jen Mitchell. Jen’s creations are gorgeous, so make sure you head over to her blog and be prepared to be wowed!

I really can’t stop using the Season of Chic Stamp Set. It’s so versatile and easy to create with!

My snowflakes were created by laying down some Bermuda Bay Ink with a Water Painter on to Basic White Cardstock. Once I had created a watercoloured area big enough for the snowflake dies and the cardstock had dried, I took my dies and cut out the snowflakes. I made sure they had a good mix of white and blue on each of them.

After I cut the panels to size, I took a Blending Brush, some Pool Party Ink and blended the cardstock. I took some Dimensionals and raised each of the panels up on the card base.

After placing each of the snowflakes on the card, I adhered the sentiments that I chose. The sentiments are from the Jingle, Jingle, Jingle Stamp Set.

The team at Freshly Made Sketches have created wonderful cards. Make sure you head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #617

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There’s a new challenge for you to play along with over at Just Add Ink. This week our challenge is for you to:

I’ve gone with a square card for a change. It started as a rectangle card, but as I was playing around wth the DSP I had cut (maybe I should measure twice and cut once in future…) I felt there was better balance overall with a square design. The two items I chosen to feature on my card are – Dots and Diecuts.

The papers I’ve used are from two different DSP packs. The black and white spotted paper is from the Perfectly Pencilled Designer Series Paper pack and the petal pink striped DSP is from the Abigail Rose Designer Series Paper Pack. Because of my miscalculation of size and the messing around I did, I had to cut a strip of Basic Black Cardstock to fill the space in between them.

After adhering all of these together, I cut a circle diecut and raised it up with Dimensionals. On this circle, I added a Basic White flower diecut cut with a die from the Artistic Dies. I fussy cut some black and white leaves from the Perfectly Pencilled DSP and layered them under some stamped flowers from the Artistically Inked Stamp Set.

A sentiment from Artistically Inked Stamp Set finished off my card. I love how this sentiment fits every card and is just the right font for masculine or feminine cards. I have raised this sentiment up with Dimensionals – maybe even double Dimensionals.

The team at Just Add Ink have created wonderful cards to inspire you. Head over to Just Add Ink and see what they’ve created.

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Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #616

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We have a new challenge over at Just Add Ink for you to play along with. This week is sketch week and I have designed this super simple sketch.

The card I’ve created features images fussy cut from the Boughs Of Holly Designer Series Paper Pack. The circle diecut in the background is also from this pack of DSP. The pink striped circle diecut is from the Abigail Rose Designer Series Paper pack. This piece was sitting on my desk and I like the colour combo of pink with the red and green I had chosen.

After layering everything together, I felt the card needed a little more, so I added some gold twine beneath the layers. Lucky I hadn’t stuck it all down!

The background cardstock was given texture with the Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder and to finish it off, I added three Basic Pearl Rhinestones.

Here’s the card I created:

The team have created awesome cards for this weeks challenge. Head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

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Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #548

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It’s Wednesday again, so that means there’s a new sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. Our sketch designer this week is fabulously talented Jacquie Southas. Head over to her blog and see her gorgeous creations.

I really love her simple design. The possibilities are endless with this layout. I’d added layers and details to the strip down the edge of my card – coz that’s just how i role really!

The products I’ve used on my card are from the Season of Chic Bundle. This bundle consists of the Season of Chic Stamp Set and Chic Dies. The die cut I’ve added to the background is one of my favourites atm. The texture is a fab addition to my layering.

The flowers have been stamped in Black Stazon Ink and have been coloured with the Pool Party Blends. The leaves were quickly coloured with the Crumb Cake Blends. All images have been fussy cut, rather than die cut, as I like a really, really fine edge around my images.

All images have been raised with Dimensionals and the sentiment double-raised with Dimensionals.

To add a little more interest to the card, I added some ribbon and bunched it to create texture around the flowers and adhered it with Glue Dots.

Here’s my card:

The team at Freshly Made Sketches have created awesome cards that will no doubt inspire you. Make sure you head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Global Design Project #354 & TGIF Challenge #380

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The weekend is over……but I managed to create a card for two challenges today – the sketch/tag challenge at Global Design Project and the colour challenge at TGIF Challenges.

Here’s my thrown together card. Normally when i have a new-to-me colour challenge, I keep my card mostly white with touches of the challenge colours, but I went against that today and threw all my colours together. I kinda just went with it.

These cute hippos are from the Hippest Hippos Stamp Set. I’ve combined these cuties with trees from the Trees for Sale Stamp Set and die cuts from the Hippo Dies.

When in doubt for a layout, I always start with circle die cuts. I then layered the tag i created over the bright Melon Mambo and Pumpkin Pie circles. I carried over the Pumpkin Pie and Melon Mambo Cardstock to the umbrella and hearts.

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Narelle

Just Add Ink #615

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We have a new challenge over at Just Add Ink. This week is inspiration picture week. Take a look at the pic we have for you to craft along with:

I chose to create a Christmas car with gorgeous colours from the pic. I have used the Trees for Sale Stamp Set and the matching Tree Lot Dies. I couldn’t decide what images and dies to use from this bundle, so I kinda threw everyone at it!

I kept my colours as close to the pic as possible, so they were – Crumb Cake, Basic Gray, Smoky Slate and a touch of green in the wreath hanging on the caravan door.

The team at Just Add Ink have created gorgeous cards that will inspire you. Head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #614

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I really love the challenge at Just Add Ink this week.Our challenge for you is to:

I instantly thought the Season of Chic Stamp Set was perfect for this challenge. The shell images and dies (from the Chic Dies) work together so well. The combination of colours I’ve used on my card are Pool Party, Soft Suede and Early Espresso.

The background cardstock was watercoloured with Pool Party Ink and the ink splatters were stamped in Early Espresso Ink. Early Espresso is one of the colours that I have challenged myself to use more often. Once upon a time, it was one of my go-to colours.

The ribbon I’ve used on my card is called Natural Ribbon Trim. I cut the ribbon in half, frayed the edges and adhered around my shells with Glue Dots.

What under the sea project is complete without pearls? I added three Basic Pearls because you know I can’t do without bling.

The team at Just Add Ink have created awesome cards for the challenge. Make sure you head over to Just Add Ink and see what they girls have created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #546

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We have a new challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches for you to play along with. This week our sketch hostess is the wonderfully talented Judy Rozema.

Once upon a time, I hoarded my designer series paper as I didn’t want to waste it. With all the gorgeous images Stampin’ Up! have printed on their papers, I don’t hesitate to fussy cut them or die cut them to add to my cards.

The flowers and leaves I’ve used on my card are from the Wonderful World Designer Series Paper pack. You can get this DSP free as part of the Wonderful World Bundle by spending $180 AU during Sale-A-Bration. The DSP circles I’ve added to the background is also from this pack.

To add a little bit of ribbon interest, I took some Natural Ribbon Trim and cut it down the centre. I then folded it back on itself and stapled one end to the Basic White Cardstock. The other end is tied with a Linen Thread bow.

The sentiment I’ve added to my card is from the Season of Chic Stamp Set. I chose this sentiment as it fit the best with my layout.

The Clean Team have created awesome projects for you to look at, make sure you head over to the challenge and check them out.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #613

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It’s Friday already. I can’t believe how quickly the weekends comes around! The challenge at Just Add Ink this week is a colour challenge. Take a look at the colours we have for you to play along with:

Amongst my new goodies, I ordered the Artistic Decorative Masks. I wanted to create a different background than what I normally do. I took the mask, a Blending Brush and Fresh Freesia Ink. The colour went down really easy and i shaded the cardstock randomly. I was really happy with the result.

I then stamped up the large flowers from the Cottage Rose Stamp Set on Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper and watercoloured them with Starry Sky Ink and the small flowers with Fresh Freesia Ink. The leaves have been coloured with the Mint Macaron Blends. I fussy cut out all of the images and placed them around my card.

The sentiment I’ve used is also from the Cottage Rose Stamp Set. I stamped the sentiment in Black Memento Ink and die cut the sentiment out with a label die from the Natural Prints Dies. All of my images and layers have been raised with Dimensionals. Three Basic Pearls finished off my card.

The team at Just Add Ink have created awesome creations and all of them so varied. Make sure you head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #545

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Are you ready for a new sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches? I am, because it’s my turn to be sketch hostess! I’ve created the following sketch for you as the starting point to your creations.

As usual when I design a sketch I have absolutely no idea what I’m going to create. After playing around with the Jingle Jingle Jingle Stamp Set for about an hour, I gave up on it and went with these cute-as hippos from the Hippest Hippos Stamp Set. The even come with matching dies, called Hippos Dies, and can be yours during Sale-A-Bration when you spend $180 (AU)!

The first hippo has been coloured with the Pale Papaya Blends and the tummy and snout lightly watercoloured with Smoky Slate Ink. The second hippo has been coloured with my Smoky Slate Blends, Polished Pink Blends and watercoloured tummy and snout. The third hippo has been coloured with the Pool Party Blends and watercoloured tummy and snout.

The boat, waves, grass and flowers were all die cut with dies from the Hippo Dies. There are so many cool dies in this set that you can use – they seriously are incredibly versatile and cute as can be!

The designer series paper in the background was added because it pairs with the pink in the tutu of the hippo. This DSP is from the Wonderful World Designer Series Paper Pack. This pack is part of the Wonderful World Bundle (comprising of DSP & Wonderful World Stamp Set)- also available during Sale-A-Bration when you spend $180 (AU).

The team at Freshly Made Sketches have created awesome cards with my sketch. Head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle